Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 251 Qianlonggang

Chapter 251 Qianlonggang

Chu Xin took the lead in using the yin-yang magic circle to reach the Yangjiao pass, and lifted the seal of Chi Youbing's master.

The city wall of Yangjiao Pass is ninety-six feet high, slightly higher than that of Shuangxiong Pass. The pass is built between two mountains, and its width is no more than seventy feet. It is the best defensive one among the three dangers.

It stands to reason that this dangerous pass is the next choice for the attacking party, and Tu Nu has no reason to attack the Yangjiao Pass in a large scale. Chu Xin also used Tu Nu's idea to cover up the fatal injury of the Yangjiao Pass.

Chu Xin took Xu Zhiqiong and the prince to a city wall more than [-] feet high in a hanging basket, gently scraped off the outer skin of the city wall, and vaguely saw a few cracks.

The prince said: "It doesn't look like the injury is too serious, maybe there is a way to call Zhong Shen."

Chu Xin shook his head and said: "This is a muscle injury. Two months ago, I found this scar on the sheep's horns. I felt that the situation was not good. I found a Mohist cultivator to look at it. This injury is difficult to repair unless Destroy the city wall and rebuild it, even if Zhong Shen comes, it will be difficult to repair it in a short time."

The prince complained: "If you said earlier, I will move all the penance workshops here, and I don't believe it can't be done!"

Chu Xin didn't make any excuses, and he was indeed responsible for it.

But Xu Zhiqiong could understand his difficulties, and hiding it was the best choice he could make.

Two months ago, it was the most difficult moment of the battle in Yongzhou. There were no weapons, no food and grass at the three dangerous passes, and the soldiers were hungry. How could they have the energy to repair the city wall?
When the prince brings reinforcements, there are only more than [-] people in total, and there are only more than [-] people assigned to Yangjiao Pass. At this time, repairing the city wall is tantamount to reminding Tunu to attack Yangjiao Pass. How long can they last in front of a [-] army?
The only mistake Chu Xin made was to underestimate the enemy.

If we can find out that Tunu is dispatching troops to Yangjiaoguan earlier, and let the Onmyoji use the magic circle to contain the harassment, at least we can delay a little longer. The army has already arrived in Luzhou. As long as we can delay for two or three days, we can drag the army here .

How many days can we hold on now?
In the middle of the night, scouts came to report that they had seen the enemy camp more than [-] miles north of Yangjiao Pass. The enemy camp was deep in the mountains, and their movements were very hidden.

Thirty miles!
This means that one day cannot be delayed.

The enemy can reach Yangjiaoguan within a few hours.

Before Chu Xin, there are two choices.

The first choice is to continue to stick to the Yangjiao Pass.

The north wall of Yangjiao Pass should still be able to withstand one or two hundred flying stones. When the north wall is collapsed and the enemy rushes into the pass, you can still fight the enemy in street fighting. If the street fighting is immovable, you can still defend the south wall.

According to Chu Xin's deduction, according to this style of play, more than [-] people were called over, and they could last for almost two days.

But the question is, can the army reach the Yangjiao pass within two days?
The prince used Onmyoji to communicate with Liang Jixiong, but Liang Jixiong replied that he could not.

Even if the army broke its leg, it would take at least three days to fight against all the onmyojis in the army.

Can you hold on to Yangjiao Pass for three days?

There is a high probability that it will not be able to hold on.

The unstoppable concept is that all [-] troops were killed in battle. To make matters worse, the south wall of Yangjiao Pass was not damaged. If the enemy occupied it, this extremely dangerous pass would become a nightmare for Daxuan's army.

The second choice is to stick to the mountain road outside the pass.

To get to Yangjiao Pass, you have to go through a mountain road.

The mountain road is seven or eight miles long, with a cliff on one side and a hillside on the other. This terrain is most suitable for ambushes.

But the benefits of ambushes are limited, and Chu Xin made a precise calculation for this.

If [-] people ambushed on the hillside without the enemy's knowledge, at most [-] enemy troops could be wiped out, because this mountain road can only accommodate [-] enemy troops.

Next is the hand-to-hand combat on the mountain road. How long can the five thousand troops hold on?
Don't have too many illusions, stick to it for a day at most.

This is still the most optimistic estimate, because it is impossible for Tu Nu to be ignorant.

There will definitely be ambushes on this road, and Tu Nu's generals, who have some military common sense, will send scout troops to clear the ambush in advance.

If Tu Nu sent [-] troops to attack the mountain first to clear the ambush, how long would the [-] troops last?
The seemingly most reasonable tactic is to stick to the Yangjiao Pass.

The prince sent a message to Liang Jixiong, asking him to send troops to Yangjiaoguan as quickly as possible at all costs.

What was meant to be a well-prepared battle has now turned into an exhausting battle.

Chu Xin mobilized all the soldiers and ordnance to Yangjiao Pass, and concentrated manpower to strengthen the city wall.

Xu Zhiqiong scraped off a few pieces of wall skin from the city wall and said to Chu, "Give me five hundred soldiers and I will guard the top of the mountain."

The prince was surprised and said: "What kind of mountain is guarding, isn't it said that it is good to guard the city gate?"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Chu Dao: "You understand!"

Chu Xin really understood.

Hold the enemy for a day on the hillside.

Hold the enemy in the city gate for two days.

This is the only tactic that has any hope of dragging the army to come.

Chu Xin originally planned to go there in person, but Xu Zhiqiong was the first to invite Ying.

The prince understood Xu Zhiqiong's meaning, shook his head again and again and said: "Zhiqiong, you can't go, you can't go!"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "If I don't go, who else can go?"

"Xu Qianhu, you have made up your mind." Chu Xin looked at Xu Zhiqiong.

This time, there is no possibility of coming back alive.

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "If I don't go, who else can I let?"

In any case, Chu Xin had to survive, there was still a battle to be fought.

The prince also had to survive. The soldiers knew why they were fighting when they saw him.

Yu Shan came from a famous family, so handsome, he was very suitable to die on the top of the mountain.

But Yu Shan kept her head down.

It's not his fault, Yu Shan is not a coward, he dared to fight if he was close to death, but this time he died out of ten.

Chu Xin asked Xu Zhiqiong: "Aside from five hundred soldiers, what else do you want?"

Xu Zhiqiong raised three conditions.

"First, all the sergeants who went up the mountain with me can tell the truth that this battle will be a disaster, and they will be rewarded with a lot of money!"

Chu Dao said, "It's true that you should be rewarded with a lot of money, but if you tell the truth, I'm afraid you won't be able to gather [-] people. According to the rules of the military camp..."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I don't care what your rules are, since I lead the army, you must obey my rules. A strong man is willing to sacrifice his life for the country, but he can't lie to them to die! Whoever dares to lie to them, Xu will smash him to pieces." Ten thousand pieces of corpse!"

He didn't say the rest of the sentence.

If someone really tricked the soldiers into following Xu Zhiqiong up the mountain, Xu Zhiqiong would let him never be reborn.

Hearing this, Chu Xin nodded.

"Second, ask two onmyojis to follow me up the mountain and set up a magic circle. Those who are seriously injured and can no longer fight, I have to send them away!"

Chu Xin agreed.

"Third, give me five hundred banners."

"Five hundred?" Chu Xin asked in amazement, "What do you want the flag for?"

Going to the mountains is an ambush, and using banners is meaningless.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "It's only five hundred flags, what's the problem?"

Chu Xin was really embarrassed, there were not so many flags in Yangjiao Pass.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Hurry up and get ready. When the sun rises, the enemy's army is probably about to enter. I'll go to the mountain and wait! One more thing to make clear, since I'm going up the mountain to do my best, Lantern Lang can't go any further." gone."

Chu Xin nodded again.

Xu Zhiqiong left Yangjiao Pass and came to the mountain alone.

This mountain is called Qianlonggang, and a mountain road winds on the mountainside like a Qianlong.

The mountain road is not too narrow, three or four feet wide, and the hillside is not too steep. After walking more than [-] steps along the hillside, we arrived at the first ambush site.

This place is called Jianfeng Forest, as the name suggests, it is suitable for arrow fighting.

The Arrowwind Forest is very lush, and soldiers can hide behind or on trees and shoot arrows at the enemy.

The advantage is that because of the dense trees, it is difficult for the enemy to launch a counterattack even if they are ambushed.

The disadvantage is that there is no other means except shooting arrows, which can cause limited damage to the enemy. If five hundred soldiers squat in the woods and shoot arrows, the enemy can ignore them and forcefully rush across the mountain road holding their shields.

Walk out of Jianfeng Forest, walk more than a hundred steps sideways, and arrive at the second place suitable for ambush, Buried Niuping.

This is an open field that the locals will cultivate when there is no fighting.

From the bottom of the mountain there is a small path leading to the buried cow flat. The path is quite steep, and it is difficult for people to climb up. The cattle are absolutely impossible to climb up. However, cattle are needed for farming, so the calf should be carried to the flat when young.

Once a cow lands on the ping, it will never come down in this life, until it dies of old age, it will be buried on the ping, so this place is called Buried Niu Ping.

The terrain here is open and there are no trees to cover it. Rolling stones and logs can be arranged, but it takes time to prepare rolling stones and logs.

And precisely because there are no trees to resist, the enemy can rush up to buried Niuping. Although the path is difficult to walk, as long as there is a road, they can rush up.

After buried Niuping, there is a patch of thorns, and the dry thorns are entrenched on the hillside like barbed wire.

The enemy cannot come up from the thorns, and the soldiers cannot lie in ambush in the thorns. The thorns are too dense, and it is useless even to get in, and they cannot even shoot arrows.

Xu Zhiqiong was thinking about the location of the ambush, when someone said suddenly: "I'd better choose Jianfenglin, the enemy army is coming soon, and it's too late to buy rolling stones and logs."

It's Wu Shanxing.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Brother, if you don't guard the city properly, why did you come here to die?"

Wu Shanxing said with a smile: "When it comes to the battlefield, brother, my fate is very hard. I will definitely not die. Before the enemy army comes, go to Jianfeng Forest quickly, and don't make any noise."

"Buried Niuping can also be kept," Niu Yuxian pushed a log over, "It's hard to find stones, but there are a lot of logs here."

Chu He carried two logs and said: "There are indeed a lot of logs. There will be more people in a while. Before dawn, we can prepare a lot of logs."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Chu Xin asked you to come? I told him not to let Lantern Lang come!"

Chu He snorted and said: "You don't take me with you, do you still treat me as a brother? You are already a thousand households, why am I still a white lamp!"

Niu Yuxian said: "We sneaked out, we made a fortune with someone, we died quickly inside the city wall, maybe we can still live here with you."

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "Who do you ask for the fortune telling!"

"It's up to us," Tong Qingqiu and Han Chen walked over, "You want two onmyojis, and they're all here."

(End of this chapter)

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